DK Travel : Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent : Top 10 Lesser-known Belgian Artists

Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent : Top 10 Lesser-known Belgian Artists

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1. Constantin Meunier

Sculptor and painter (1831–1905) known for bronzes of factory workers (see Musée Constantin Meunier).
2. Théo van Rysselberghe

Painter (1862–1926) who used Pointillism to develop a polished and distinctive style.
3. Émile Claus

Post-Impressionist painter (1849–1924) famous for rural scenes of sparkling clarity, achieved through a technique that he called “Luminism”.
4. Jean Delville

One of the most inventive of the Symbolists (1867–1953), famed for brilliantly coloured visions of Satanic forces.
5. Léon Frédéric

A Symbolist (1856–1940) whose works combine social realism with poetic vision.
6. Fernand Khnopff

A painter (1858–1928) whose enigmatic Symbolist work is suffused with suppressed sexuality.
7. Léon Spilliaert

A Symbolist (1881–1946) of great originality, whose works, often black and white, are instantly recognizable.
8. Rik Wouters

A painter and sculptor (1882–1916) whose work is full of light, verve and charm.
9. Constant Permeke

A painter (1886–1952) of the second phase of the Sint-Martens-Latem school (see Beaux-Arts: Features and Collections), his work has a social edge and dark, gritty textures.
10. Panamarenko

True to Surrealist traditions, this artist (born 1940) creates machines, such as space ships, and stages clearly doomed attempts to make them work.